Author Topic: Coil splitter (Read 192 times)

wishbass · « **on:** April 19, 2012, 04:40:27 PM »

I know some of our members are very knowledgable in regards to electronics, so I thought I'd throw this out there.One of the things I love about my MM Stingray HH is that I have a 5 position coil splitter.It really does make for a wide variety of tone w/the double humbuckers being able to split them,and mix and match.Given Alembics superior tone, I would think a coil splitter would be great addition.Has anyone approached the Mothership w/this idea,or had a custom made w/this feature?Or perhaps it would be incompatable or redundant(I have yet to be in the presence of a Series 1 or 2).Just a thought.

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #1 on:** April 19, 2012, 04:45:04 PM »

Alembic p/ups are single-coil, and thus unsplittable (or maybe perma-split?)

Peter

wishbass · « **Reply #2 on:** April 19, 2012, 04:49:43 PM »

Major oversight on my part.I was thinking about the larger pups,but forgot about them being single,thus the dummy pups on Series.Duh.That's what I get for getting up at 3am!
Still, if Alembic did have a humbucker..........

811952 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 19, 2012, 04:52:32 PM »

You could probably get the mothership to take an approach others have taken, to essentially install two p-bass type pickups (side-by-side humbucking coils) in a single fat housing, with the option to select an combination of the three. It's a useful, flexible idea and would essentially be adding a third pickup with, possibly, a shared filter..

wishbass · « **Reply #4 on:** April 19, 2012, 05:02:39 PM »

Thanks John! THAT is interesting.I would never come up with that on my own....I'm all big ideas,terrible w/the details.You guys are all rocket scientists! I always come away feeling ordinary.That's why this forum is so great!I wonder if anyone has done this,or inquired about it?

811952 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 19, 2012, 06:20:34 PM »

My Lakland has this setup and I use it all the time. I figured that being so close together the timbre wouldn't be all that different from coil to coil, but it is. Of course, Alembic can build it anyway you like.

John

mica · « **Reply #6 on:** April 19, 2012, 09:23:28 PM »

We did make a pickup like this before for sonofalembic. It was like a regular AXY but you could add in the aperture of what eventually became the FatBoy pickup.

We never developed it as a product because the people that tried it only used the wide aperture setting after a very short time.

pace · « **Reply #7 on:** April 21, 2012, 03:01:31 PM »

lol...... I love the fatboys on my 6 string, but I always wonder what the narrow aperture would sound like in my bridge position....

I was thinking the other day about an in/out phase switch for the Series electronics~ probably wouldnt be possible w/ the shared HX coil, but with 2 dummy coils, is it do-able??